Nedra J. Pickler (born October 13, 1975)[1] is an American national political journalist formerly employed by the Associated Press.
[1] She grew up in Rector, Arkansas,[4] and later moved to Burton, Michigan, where she attended Bentley High School.
[6] Pickler was hired by the Detroit offices of the Associated Press in 1998 shortly after graduating from Michigan State University.
[11] On March 27, 2007, Pickler wrote that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (who had declared his candidacy February 10) had "delivered no policy speeches and provided few details about how he would lead the country" in his campaign up to that point.
[15] She returned to the White House to cover his presidency before resigning from the AP in 2015 to work as a managing director at The Glover Park Group.